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| Is Kashmir situation assuming Jharkhand type alarming scenario? | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR/JAMMU, June 26: Is the security situation in the Kashmir valley assuming an alarming dimensions as it has been witnessed in the Naxal and Maoist infested Jharkhand state where police and paramilitary forces in scores have been killed during the last three to four years ? If anybody has any doubt one needs to focus on the Pulwama incident where eight CRPF personnel were killed and 20 others were injured against killing of two militants.
It was a major incident in which eight CRPF personnel lost their lives. This also indicates that Lashkar-i-Toiba activists have become quite active after their successful infiltration bid from across the LOC. Even the police authorities have admitted that the sudden increase in incidents of militancy related violence has been the result of increase in ingress of militants. Authorities claim that more than 250 militants are active in Kashmir when their number was 150 a month ago.
This clearly indicates that the level of ingress has gone up. No doubt the Army claim that series of infiltration bids had been foiled on the LOC and more than 20 militants were killed on the border reports indicate that more Lashkar activists were being helped in crossing into the Kashmir valley which calls for revamping of the security grid not only on the LOC but within the valley.
Reports said that additional companies of troops were being sent to the LOC, especially in Kupwara sector which has remained the nerve centre for Pak agencies for pushing into Kashmir groups of militants.
In addition to this several security bunkers, which had been shut during the last three years, were being set up in the valley's most sensitive areas. Senior functionaries of the Army and the paramilitary forces have suggested to the central government that the time has not come for repealing AFSPA from the state. These functionaries have stated that without AFSPA they may not be able to carry out counter militancy operations, including search operations and the state Government should support the moves initiated by the Army and the paramilitary forces.
These functionaries have suggested to troops and the paramilitary forces to remain ready for retaliating in case their convoys or pickets were attacked. Both troops and men of the paramilitary forces have been told to make use of grenades for preventing militants from attacking their convoys.
Senior functionaries of the police and Army are of the opinion that militants may have carried out a recee of the area before launching the attack as is being done in Jharkhand state. Hence the
Army, the paramilitary forces and the police have been told to make full use of their intelligence wings so that such attacks could be foiled.
Such types of attacks may find some increase after militants and separatists had felt discouraged by the voting percentage in Anantnag constituency and by the victory of Mehbooba Mufti which indicates that the coalition Government is to last for another five years. |
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